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...against the Philadelphia Phillies. Maybe Juan was prepared; but nobody else was-not for what followed. For the first 61 innings, not a single Phillie reached first base. After 7 innings, Marichal still had not given up a hit. At that point, Philadelphia Catcher Clay Dalrymple singled sharply to leftfield, and the spell was broken-barely. Juan shrugged, retired the next four Phillies in a row and thereby put the finishing touches on one of the most glittering debuts by a rookie pitcher in the history of baseball: a one-hit, 2-0 victory...
...this season is going, a horse-or at least his hide-will get to the moon before a man. In one game last week, Braves Outfielder Hank Aaron, no heavyweight, twice flicked his wrists and twice sent liners whistling high over Atlanta Stadium's 400-ft.-deep leftfield wall. In Washington, awed witnesses reported that a drive hit by Senators Outfielder Frank Howard was still climbing when it caromed off the centerfield seats 480 ft. from home plate and 75 ft. above the ground. In Baltimore, the Orioles' Frank Robinson topped even that by becoming the first player...
...Scott and the Red Sox invaded Minnesota for a four-game series. Twins Pitcher Dave Boswell tried to sneak in a waist-level fastball; Scott drove it 365 ft. into the rightfield stands. Then Al Worthington experimented with a wide, high curve; George hit that 365 ft. into the leftfield stands. Finally, in desperation, Jim Grant wound up and threw straight at Scott's knees-then turned around sadly to watch the ball sail 443 ft. into the centerfield bleachers...
...Minnesota Second Baseman Frank Quilici opened the third inning with a double, then Drysdale fell down trying to field a bunt, and by the time the Twins got bored, eleven men had batted and six had scored-three of them on Zoilo Versalles' 400-ft. homer into the leftfield bleachers. "I had bad command," Drysdale said afterward. But so, for that matter, did the Twins' Mudcat Grant. Each team collected ten hits; the difference was that Los Angeles left nine men on the bases. Final score...
...sixth inning, Dodger Third Baseman Jim Gilliam let a grounder by Zoilo Versalles run up his arm, over his shoulder, and halfway into leftfield for a two-base error. A sacrifice and two hits later, the Twins had a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers got back one in the seventh, and then, with the tying run on third, Manager Walt Alston made his move. He took Koufax out for a pinch hitter-Don Drysdale-who struck out on three pitches. After that the box score became a nightmare. The Twins won 5-1, with the aid of three Dodger errors...